Comment on "Constraint Quantization of Open String in Background B field and Noncommutative D-brane"

In the paper "Constraint Quantization of Open String in Background $B$ field and Noncommutative D-brane", it is claimed that the boundary conditions lead to an infinite set of secondary constraints and Dirac brackets result in a non-commutative Poisson structure for D-brain. Here we show that contrary to the arguments in that paper, the set of secondary constraints on the boundary is finite and the non-commutativity algebra can not be obtained by evaluating the Dirac brackets.Comment: minor corrections, to appear in Phys.Lett.

Non-Modern Culture in Brian Friel’s Plays

This article argues that Friel’s concern with paganism goes beyond his well-known play Dancing at Lughnasa: it actually extends to Faith Healer and Wonderful Tennesssee. Like Lughnasa festival, shamanic healing and the mythological Otherworld are also parts of Irish pagan traditions. By depicting the Irish people’s spiritual world of supernatural power, gods, and realms, Friel shows that pagan cultures are not mummified in the museums or memoirs but alive in their corrupted, erratic forms and interwoven with Christian beliefs and modern rationalities, whose connection with the past and engagementwith the present challenge the mutually excluded category of tradition and modernity, and exemplify what David Lloyd calls “non-modern culture.”Keywords: Non-modern culture; pagan traditions; shaman; the Otherworld; modernity; hybridity